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How to Live Forever (Or 8 Cool Ways to Upcycle Yourself)
How to Live Forever (Or 8 Cool Ways to Upcycle Yourself)
Published on March 28, 2014
About a 7 minute read

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." — William Wallace, BraveheartNobody really wants to think about their own mortality, but the cold truth is that sooner or later, it’s going to happen. Now, your personal beliefs on whether o... View More

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Beyond Sustainability, Toward Rejuvenative Enterprise
Beyond Sustainability, Toward Rejuvenative Enterprise
Published on March 27, 2014
About a 5 minute read

The future that’s coming…The human population is set to grow to more than 9 billion by 2050. What sort of world do we want for new arrivals? One of scarce resources and extreme competition for the basic elements of survival, or one in which they ... View More

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Sea-Tac International Unveils EV Project to Save Airlines Millions in Fuel, GHG Emissions
Sea-Tac International Unveils EV Project to Save Airlines Millions in Fuel, GHG Emissions
Published on March 25, 2014
About a 4 minute read

With most of the focus regarding the carbon footprint of air travel on the planes themselves, little attention is generally paid to that of airports. a new project to convert the rest of the vehicles on the airfield at Seattle-Tacoma International Ai... View More

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Report: Industry Energy-Efficiency Programs Cut Costs, Improve Productivity
Report: Industry Energy-Efficiency Programs Cut Costs, Improve Productivity
Published on March 23, 2014
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Energy-efficiency programs are helping industry achieve higher energy savings, cost savings and productivity improvements, according to a new report by the SEE Action Network and the Institute for Industrial Productivity (IIP).The report, Industrial ... View More

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5 Tips on Branding for Good from Successful Social Entrepreneurs
5 Tips on Branding for Good from Successful Social Entrepreneurs
Published on March 21, 2014
About a 5 minute read

Just because you're doing good work as a social entrepreneur doesn't mean you get to skip on the more commercial parts of running a business. Your good story isn't enough to grab customers and create more impact, you need to build a good brand. Every... View More

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B Lab ‘Best for the World’ List Honors Businesses With Positive Impacts
B Lab ‘Best for the World’ List Honors Businesses With Positive Impacts
Published on March 21, 2014
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B Lab on Wednesday recognized 92 companies from 15 countries and 31 industries for creating the most positive, overall social and environmental impact.The "B Corp Best for the World" list honors businesses that earned an overall score in th... View More

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Bottle This: Treeson's Answer to Plastic Bottle Waste
Bottle This: Treeson's Answer to Plastic Bottle Waste
Published on March 20, 2014
About a 5 minute read

Carlton Solle grew up in Marin County, surrounded by the beauty of the Bay Area. But it wasn’t until he spent time in Costa Rica that he saw natural beauty contaminated — beaches overgrown with garbage floating downstream. In response, he founded... View More

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PURE Energies Infographic Highlights Water Usage by Power Plants
PURE Energies Infographic Highlights Water Usage by Power Plants
Published on March 20, 2014
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Water is the word of the month — as California suffers through one of the worst droughts in its history, Silicon Valley-based tech companies are innovating to reduce their water consumption and brands from Coke to Levi’s raising consumer awarenes... View More

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The Dish on 'Clean Plates' (Or What You Don’t Know About Healthy Eating)
The Dish on 'Clean Plates' (Or What You Don’t Know About Healthy Eating)
Published on March 13, 2014
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As part of our ongoing series of conversations with interesting people making the world a better place, BBMG welcomed to our studio Jared Koch, the author and co-founder of Clean Plates: A Guide to the Healthiest, Tastiest and Most Sustainable Restau... View More

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myActions Platform Turning Engagement with Waste, Wildlife Initiatives Into Action
myActions Platform Turning Engagement with Waste, Wildlife Initiatives Into Action
Published on March 12, 2014
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Engaging people in sustainability remains one of the cause’s biggest challenges – ensuring their behavior reflects their engagement is another. A number of studies have been devoted to bridging the gap between people’s attitudes and their actio... View More

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TOMS' New Roasting Company Providing 'Coffee for You, Water for All'
TOMS' New Roasting Company Providing 'Coffee for You, Water for All'
Published on March 12, 2014
About a 3 minute read

On Tuesday at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie announced the launch of TOMS Roasting Company, and the grand opening of its first location, in Austin.“We’re super excited about it. It allows us to enter a totally new industr... View More

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Phonebloks Using Open Innovation to Develop the Best Phone in the World
Phonebloks Using Open Innovation to Develop the Best Phone in the World
Published on March 11, 2014
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While I won’t say which company makes my smart phone, I will say that my phone breaks… a lot. I’ve had problems with the headphone jack, the vibrate setting, and currently, the touch screen will occasionally start to malfunction by pressing but... View More

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The Future of Driving? Hydrogen Cars Have 3 Times the Range of EVs, Emit Only H20
The Future of Driving? Hydrogen Cars Have 3 Times the Range of EVs, Emit Only H20
Published on March 11, 2014
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Hydrogen fuel cell cars have more than three times the standard range of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs), can be refueled in minutes rather than hours and look and handle more like traditional cars — so why are there still only a few hundred hydrog... View More

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Boeing, South African Airways Helping Smallhold Farmers Grow Biofuel Crops
Boeing, South African Airways Helping Smallhold Farmers Grow Biofuel Crops
Published on March 9, 2014
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Boeing has launched an initiative with South African Airways (SAA) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to expand opportunities for “smallhold” farmers in Southern Africa to grow crops that produce sustainable fuels.Boeing says th... View More

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Nestlé, Sainsbury's, GSK Adopt Holistic Framework for Carbon-Water Management
Nestlé, Sainsbury's, GSK Adopt Holistic Framework for Carbon-Water Management
Published on March 7, 2014
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Businesses and governments must tackle energy and water use in tandem or risk major disruption, according to research released this week by sustainability specialists Anthesis in association with the Water Footprint Network. And 15 leading businesses... View More

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GE Renews Ecomagination Initiative, Commits $25B to CleanTech R&D by 2020
GE Renews Ecomagination Initiative, Commits $25B to CleanTech R&D by 2020
Published on March 4, 2014
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GE has announced the renewal of its ecomagination commitment, the company’s sustainability initiative that seeks to find technology solutions that save money and reduce environmental impact for its customers and operations.Since its 2005 launch, GE... View More

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Recipe for a Healthy Beauty Industry: Tata Harper on How Her Line Changes the Paradigm
Recipe for a Healthy Beauty Industry: Tata Harper on How Her Line Changes the Paradigm
Published on March 3, 2014
About a 4 minute read

One of the most well-known and loved eco-friendly beauty brands out there, Tata Harper has made a mark on the beauty industry with one eye on sustainability and the other on consumer health and wellness. Hailing from her organic farm in Vermont, Harp... View More

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Google, eBay, Adobe Innovating to Save Water in California Drought
Google, eBay, Adobe Innovating to Save Water in California Drought
Published on March 3, 2014
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Amid one of the worst droughts in California history, Google, Adobe, eBay and several other technology companies are embracing innovation to reduce water consumption, the Guardian reports.Google is considering installing new technology such as urinal... View More

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6 Incubators Breeding Better Businesses to Rebuild Detroit
6 Incubators Breeding Better Businesses to Rebuild Detroit
Published on March 2, 2014
About a 4 minute read

It takes a village to raise an entrepreneur. So, what happens in a city whose population shrank by more than half in the last 50 years? For many can-do entrepreneurs, the deserted city is now a clean canvas where they are free to experiment. At the s... View More

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Food, Clothing and Jobs – Oh, My! 6 More Startups Helping to Resuscitate Detroit
Food, Clothing and Jobs – Oh, My! 6 More Startups Helping to Resuscitate Detroit
Published on February 24, 2014
About a 3 minute read

In Detroit, a host of mission-driven entrepreneurs and nonprofits are finding innovative ways to serve the embattled city’s underserved communities, starting by meeting their most basic needs for food, clothing, cleanliness and employment (See part... View More

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